The last time I raced in Belmont was in 2009; and some of my
memories were somewhat less than pleasant. They mainly involved taking 2:39 to
finish D Grade, lots of pine needles, and pushing my bike up Danzig as it (my
bike) was completely clogged with mud. It’s safe to say that this time my
memories will be of some awesome descents and gruelling climbs- so a hunk
better.
I missed the official pre-ride, as I was working in the
awesome shop known to many as Mud Cycles. But I was lucky enough to have Marco
take me for a pre-ride of the B course.
The course was cool, and way different to what I was expecting – which
as bad as it sounds was a great thing.
Wellington kindly put on its best winds for race day, which
just added to the hectic excitement. With a cool course and cool competitors it
was an awesome race. Although I didn’t make the podium I was happy with my 4th
place in the Open Women field. 
The race was really well run, the guys at PNP did a good
show- probably my favourite race in the series so far. Huge thanks to Bamba for
the awesome trails, I’m excited for the building of new ones- they’ll be
awesome. Thanks to Marco for the pre-ride, it’s definitely way better racing
when you know what the course is like. A ginormous thanks to Mum and Dad, for
all the support they give me, plus all the driving around. All the thanks in
the world go to MUD Cycles for their amazing support, in sponsoring me and
giving me a job. There’s an awesome crew of guys in there- you should head on
down and check it (MUD) out.
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